Showing posts with label Fourteenth Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fourteenth Amendment. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Driver arrested in Ohio for car's secret compartment filled with . . . nothing

Norman Gurley, 30, is facing drug-related charges in Lorain County, Ohio, despite the fact that state troopers did not actually find any drugs in his possession.
Ohio passed a law in 2012 making it a felony to alter a vehicle to add a secret compartment with the “intent” of using it to conceal drugs for trafficking.

article here.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Motorist sues over cavity searches


Police detained David Eckert for not making a complete stop while exiting a Walmart parking lot on Jan. 2, and officers suspected him of concealing drugs because he "appeared to be clenching his buttocks," attorney Shannon Kennedy told KOB-TV, which reviewed medical records, police reports and the federal lawsuit.

"This is like something out of a science fiction film — anal probing by government officials and public employees," Kennedy said.

article here. 

I'd say this definitely qualifies as an unreasonable search, and a situation where a warrant should not have been granted.